Wed., 3/4/20 Devotion (Ex. 15:3, 13a)

Today's encouragement comes from Exodus 15:3 & 13a, which says this:

"The LORD is a Man of war; the LORD is His name. . . . You have led in Your steadfast love the people whom You have redeemed."

Note (above) how God's warrior nature, and His love nature are not at all at odds with one another. In fact, if God was *not* a "Man of war," He could not be the God of love. YHWH goes to war with our sins and His church's ene-mies; and, in so doing, He expresses His affection for the objects of His re-demption (all atoned-for in Christ).

Let us cast off all sophomoric notions of God, that would make Him a crotch-ety figure in heaven, hoping we would do something right, for once. Instead, let us view Him in His true colors, even as the written word of God reveals Him: as a God who punishes all sin; and yet cherishes many sinners (through Jesus’ atonement).

[Augustine quote of the day: “Of all visible things, the universe is the greatest; of all invisible realities, the greatest is God.” —from, “City of God,” Bk. 11.]